Re: grub configuration question

[Haines Brown <brownh@hartford-hwp.com>]

> > > kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-686 root=3D/dev/sdb1
> > > initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd.img-2.4.18-686
> >=20
> > I tried this and got an error about incompatible filesystems (sorry I
> > don't have it more accurately). I'll try again and note the result.
> >=20
> > If the error repeats, and this is in fact the way to tell grub the
> > exact location of the kernel, then I may have a filesystem problem. My
> > grub works in an ext3 environment, but the debian kernal is in a
> > reiserfs environment. Don't see how that could make any difference,
> > but the error message may indicate incompatibility.
> 
> Well, it is significant.  Afaik, grub does understand resierfs, but it
> is a different filesystem, and if grub is saying something about an
> incompatible filesystem, it looks like a big red flag to me.  What
> version of grub are you running?

I'm running 0.92-7. I'm moving toward the conclusion that the problem
is filesystem incompatibility. I'll try to figure out if a newer
version of grub enables it to handle multiple filesystems. The
alternative is to build a grub floppy and boot from that.

Haines